We appreciate the World Bank’s leadership and investments in nutrition to date. To make a lasting impact we encourage the World Bank to commit at least $5 billion in nutrition-sensitive financing annually for the next three fiscal years (FY26–FY28) to tackle the global nutrition crisis at the 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G). This number, derived from past nutrition approvals, should be considered the floor–not the ceiling–of the Bank’s commitment to N4G. This commitment is essential to scale up nutrition interventions worldwide, with the Nutrition Investment Framework citing that an additional $13 billion is needed annually in nutrition-specific funding to adequately address malnutrition over the next decade. Now is an opportune moment for the World Bank to demonstrate leadership and drive significant progress in global nutrition outcomes. We urge the Bank to make an ambitious commitment at the N4G Summit to meet both the financial and non-financial needs required to tackle the malnutrition crisis which is disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable women and children globally.
The ACTION Global Health Advocacy Partnership, Global Health Advocates, Results Canada, Results UK, Save the Children, SDG2 Advocacy Hub, and World Vision International collectively call on the World Bank to commit at least $5 billion in nutrition financing annually for the next three fiscal years (FY26–FY28) to tackle the global nutrition crisis at the 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G).